[Magdalen] Detroit Again.

[Grace Cangialosi]

The word he used was "tony," which would certainly fit W. Bloomfield.  The
only Episcopal church there that I can think of would be Christ Church,
Cranbrook, and I'm sure that's not the one!  Can't think of another
Episcopal church in that area, though...

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> was the tiny W Bloomfield church one of 'ours'?  do you remember the name?
>
> Lynn, grew up in/around those parts
>
> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Joseph Cirou" <romanos at mindspring.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 12:49 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.
>
>  Is St Joseph's Church still open? They had marvellous orchestral Masses
>> with Novus Ordo liturgy (usually in Latin) and they included the music of
>> Nunez-Garcia an Afro-Brazilian priest who wrote in the style of Haydn. He
>> was one of those composers who composed music for the 5AM Matins services
>> favored in tropical climates.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>> From: Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Apr 20, 2015 1:39 PM
>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org, "Cantor03 at aol.com" <cantor03 at aol.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.
>>>
>>> It's also interesting to google listings of Detroit churches for sale. I
>>> wonder if a parish in tony West Bloomfield was able to sell its property
>>> or
>>> simply lost it...they had a disastrous investment loss.
>>> On Apr 20, 2015 12:15 PM, "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The article on rehabilitation of abandoned homes near Downtown Detroit
>>>> MI
>>>> in the current issue of the USA monthly National Geographic Magazine,
>>>> reminded me to surf through some existing lists of abandoned and
>>>> recycled
>>>> Detroit churches.
>>>>
>>>> The list is long and somewhat appalling because there are so very  many
>>>> treasures - Detroit being a relatively wealthy city for so many ecades
>>>> -
>>>> and the buildings are often extraordinarily lovely.  Most have  been
>>>> recycled into Baptist churches (probably heavily African-American).
>>>>  Never,
>>>> I suspect, have such congregations worshipped in such sumptuous
>>>> architecture.  The new names dubbed over the more prosaic  classical
>>>> Protestant and Roman Catholic names are often quite amusing.   Thank
>>>> God they are still used for worship.
>>>>
>>>> Of course the same sort of glut of redundant church buildings, some  of
>>>> which are the most magnificent in the region, goes on here locally.
>>>> The most beautiful Protestant church in Wilkes-Barre, built in an
>>>> Anglican
>>>> style with stone and exquisite stained glass (The First Baptist  Church,
>>>> associated with the Northern high church Baptists) is now occupied
>>>> by an evangelical group that ignores the spacious sanctuary and has
>>>> a large projection screen in front.  The most gorgeous RCC is
>>>> "Sacred Heart Slovak" with a 200 foot copper clad spire and the whole
>>>> complex is scheduled for demolition.
>>>>
>>>> So many of the local and the Detroit churches would be a treasure
>>>> almost anywhere else.  If only we could transport them intact!
>>>>
>>>> Sic transit gloria mundi.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Strang.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>


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Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

Keep Calm and Carry OM.